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The Baltimore Orioles won 93 games last year and went to the postseason for the first time in 15 years, taking the New York Yankees to a fifth game in the division series.

The teams met for the first time since last October on Monday. The Yankees brought only one player who appeared in that fifth game, center fielder Brett Gardner, while the Orioles lineup was populated by familiar names.

Baltimore won its third straight to start spring training, 5-1. It's the second time in three years they've begun spring training with three consecutive wins according to STATS LLC.

Gardner had three hits for New York, which lost Curtis Granderson on Sunday for 10 weeks with a broken right forearm.

Without Alex Rodriguez and Granderson, the Yankees are missing plenty of home run power, and manager Joe Girardi was blunt: Matt Diaz and Juan Rivera, two possibilities to replace Granderson, who both played on Monday, aren't power hitters.

"We've talked about we're probably not going to hit as many home runs as we did last year," Girardi said. "We have more speed, so the guy that fills in is going to be another speed guy, and you score runs more that way. We're going to have to rely on our speed more, no doubt about it. How this guy, whoever he is, fits in, we'll have to see. we really don't know."

Left fielder Nate McLouth drove in two runs for Baltimore.

NOTES: Yankees RHP Mariano Rivera threw 32 pitches during batting practice in Tampa on Monday morning. Rivera told reporters that he's doing well, and that he will next pitch a simulated game. Rivera has yet to pitch in a game after tearing his ACL in his right knee last May. ... New York LHP CC Sabathia, who is recovering from offseason elbow surgery, also threw batting practice, and he's now throwing all of his pitches. ... Baltimore LHP Tsuyoshi Wada threw his first bullpen session from a mound since undergoing Tommy John surgery last May.

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